Francisco Cordero

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 245lb (190cm, 111kg)

Born: May 11, 1975 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic do

High School: Colegio Luz de Arroyo Hondo (Dominican Republic)

Debut: August 2, 1999 (Age 24-083d, 17,533rd in major league history)
vs. CHW 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 1, 2012 (Age 37-082d)
vs. MIL 1.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2000 season

Agents: ISE Baseball • Previously: Proformance

Full Name: Francisco Javier Cordero

Pronunciation: \Cor-DER-oh\

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.9

ERA

3.38

800

329

824.2

796

WHIP

1.365

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1995	20	DET-min	A-,A	4	10	.286	5.42	19	18	0	0	0	0	108.0	122	78	65	4	49	0	73	8	0	15	484			1.583	10.2	0.3	4.1	6.1	1.49	JAM,FAY NYPL,SALL
1996	21	DET-min	A-,A	0	0		1.50	4	3	0	0	0	0	18.0	7	3	3	0	8	0	17	0	0	0	66			0.833	3.5	0.0	4.0	8.5	2.13	JAM,FAY NYPL,SALL
1997	22	DET-min	A	6	1	.857	0.99	50	0	47	0	0	35	54.1	36	13	6	2	15	2	67	0	0	5	208			0.939	6.0	0.3	2.5	11.1	4.47	WMI MIDW
1998	23	DET-min	AA,A+	1	1	.500	4.86	18	0	15	0	0	8	16.2	20	12	9	1	9	0	18	1	0	0	80			1.740	10.8	0.5	4.9	9.7	2.00	JCK,LAK SOUL,FLOR
1999	24	DET-min	AA	4	1	.800	1.38	47	0	43	0	0	27	52.1	35	9	8	3	22	0	58	3	0	3	218			1.089	6.0	0.5	3.8	10.0	2.64	JCK SOUL
1999	24	DET	AL	2	2	.500	3.32	20	0	4	0	0	0	19.0	19	7	7	2	18	2	19	0	0	1	91	149	5.34	1.947	9.0	0.9	8.5	9.0	1.06
2000	25	TEX-min	AAA	0	0		4.15	3	0	3	0	0	1	4.1	7	3	2	0	3	0	5	0	0	1	23			2.308	14.5	0.0	6.2	10.4	1.67	OKC PCL
2000	25	TEX	AL	1	2	.333	5.35	56	0	13	0	0	0	77.1	87	51	46	11	48	3	49	4	0	7	365	94	5.73	1.746	10.1	1.3	5.6	5.7	1.02
2001	26	TEX-min	AAA	0	1	.000	0.59	12	0	12	0	0	6	15.1	8	2	1	0	3	0	20	0	0	0	57			0.717	4.7	0.0	1.8	11.7	6.67	OKC PCL
2001	26	TEX	AL	0	1	.000	3.86	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	3	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	12	138	4.76	2.143	11.6	0.0	7.7	3.9	0.50
2002	27	TEX-min	AAA	0	2	.000	5.84	11	1	8	0	0	2	12.1	15	14	8	2	7	1	21	1	0	2	62			1.784	10.9	1.5	5.1	15.3	3.00	OKC PCL
2002	27	TEX	AL	2	0	1.000	1.79	39	0	25	0	0	10	45.1	33	12	9	2	13	1	41	2	0	1	177	267	2.72	1.015	6.6	0.4	2.6	8.1	3.15
2003	28	TEX	AL	5	8	.385	2.94	73	0	36	0	0	15	82.2	70	33	27	4	38	6	90	2	0	1	352	172	2.93	1.306	7.6	0.4	4.1	9.8	2.37
2004	29	TEX	AL	3	4	.429	2.13	67	0	63	0	0	49	71.2	60	19	17	1	32	2	79	1	2	3	304	236	2.41	1.284	7.5	0.1	4.0	9.9	2.47	AS,MVP-24
2005	30	TEX	AL	3	1	.750	3.39	69	0	60	0	0	37	69.0	61	28	26	5	30	2	79	4	0	0	302	136	3.15	1.319	8.0	0.7	3.9	10.3	2.63
2006	31	TOT	MLB	10	5	.667	3.70	77	0	47	0	0	22	75.1	69	32	31	7	32	2	84	3	0	4	322	125	3.52	1.341	8.2	0.8	3.8	10.0	2.63
2006	31	TEX	AL	7	4	.636	4.81	49	0	21	0	0	6	48.2	49	27	26	5	16	1	54	3	0	3	210	97	3.43	1.336	9.1	0.9	3.0	10.0	3.38
2006	31	MIL	NL	3	1	.750	1.69	28	0	26	0	0	16	26.2	20	5	5	2	16	1	30	0	0	1	112	272	3.67	1.350	6.8	0.7	5.4	10.1	1.88
2007	32	MIL	NL	0	4	.000	2.98	66	0	58	0	0	44	63.1	52	23	21	4	18	1	86	1	0	2	261	149	2.25	1.105	7.4	0.6	2.6	12.2	4.78	AS
2008	33	CIN	NL	5	4	.556	3.33	72	0	63	0	0	34	70.1	61	28	26	6	38	3	78	3	0	3	307	132	3.77	1.408	7.8	0.8	4.9	10.0	2.05
2009	34	CIN	NL	2	6	.250	2.16	68	0	59	0	0	39	66.2	58	21	16	2	30	2	58	0	0	3	276	195	3.10	1.320	7.8	0.3	4.1	7.8	1.93	AS
2010	35	CIN	NL	6	5	.545	3.84	75	0	64	0	0	40	72.2	68	32	31	5	36	1	59	2	0	2	316	106	3.92	1.431	8.4	0.6	4.5	7.3	1.64
2011	36	CIN	NL	5	3	.625	2.45	68	0	63	0	0	37	69.2	49	20	19	6	22	0	42	3	1	4	274	161	4.02	1.019	6.3	0.8	2.8	5.4	1.91
2012	37	TOT	MLB	3	8	.273	7.55	47	0	18	0	0	2	39.1	61	35	33	9	18	4	31	2	0	5	192	56	6.02	2.008	14.0	2.1	4.1	7.1	1.72
2012	37	TOR	AL	3	5	.375	5.77	41	0	17	0	0	2	34.1	48	24	22	7	14	3	26	1	0	4	160	74	5.54	1.806	12.6	1.8	3.7	6.8	1.86
2012	37	HOU	NL	0	3	.000	19.80	6	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	13	11	11	2	4	1	5	1	0	1	32	22	9.29	3.400	23.4	3.6	7.2	9.0	1.25
14 Yrs				47	53	.470	3.38	800	0	575	0	0	329	824.2	751	342	310	64	375	30	796	27	3	37	3551	135	3.63	1.365	8.2	0.7	4.1	8.7	2.12
162 Game Avg.				4	5	.470	3.38	68	0	49	0	0	28	70	64	29	26	5	32	3	68	2	0	3	302	135	3.63	1.365	8.2	0.7	4.1	8.7	2.12
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
TEX (7 yrs)				21	20	.512	3.45	356	0	220	0	0	117	397.0	363	171	152	28	179	16	393	16	2	16	1722	142	3.47	1.365	8.2	0.6	4.1	8.9	2.20
CIN (4 yrs)				18	18	.500	2.96	283	0	249	0	0	150	279.1	236	101	92	19	126	6	237	8	1	12	1173	141	3.71	1.296	7.6	0.6	4.1	7.6	1.88
MIL (2 yrs)				3	5	.375	2.60	94	0	84	0	0	60	90.0	72	28	26	6	34	2	116	1	0	3	373	173	2.67	1.178	7.2	0.6	3.4	11.6	3.41
HOU (1 yr)				0	3	.000	19.80	6	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	13	11	11	2	4	1	5	1	0	1	32	22	9.29	3.400	23.4	3.6	7.2	9.0	1.25
DET (1 yr)				2	2	.500	3.32	20	0	4	0	0	0	19.0	19	7	7	2	18	2	19	0	0	1	91	149	5.34	1.947	9.0	0.9	8.5	9.0	1.06
TOR (1 yr)				3	5	.375	5.77	41	0	17	0	0	2	34.1	48	24	22	7	14	3	26	1	0	4	160	74	5.54	1.806	12.6	1.8	3.7	6.8	1.86

AL (9 yrs)				26	27	.491	3.62	417	0	241	0	0	119	450.1	430	202	181	37	211	21	438	17	2	21	1973	134	3.71	1.423	8.6	0.7	4.2	8.8	2.08
NL (7 yrs)				21	26	.447	3.10	383	0	334	0	0	210	374.1	321	140	129	27	164	9	358	10	1	16	1578	137	3.53	1.296	7.7	0.6	3.9	8.6	2.18

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